Sunday, 29 November 2015

2016, The rise of Cardless cash

Payment services introduced by Apple Pay and Android Pay have spurred
people into paying for items using digital wallet technology. Microsoft
also has been planning to join the foray of the wallet concept with its
re-launch of Windows Wallet in Windows 10 to bring Windows phones up to par
with Apple Pay formally known as Passbook.

Tap and Go credit cards have now been around for a
number of years and the success of such contactless technology has lead the
mobile industry to develop subscriber identification module (SIM) cards
housing chips similar to those used in credit and debit cards, giving mobile
phones the ability make payments over contactless terminals. Mobile
phones with mobile wallet apps now have the ability to make cash
payments over contactless terminals without the need for bank cards
or credit cards and Semble, a mobile payment service is gaining traction
particularly in New Zealand where 2degress, Spark and Vodafone with banking
partners ASB and BNZ along with Paymark’s payment network are offering
integrated mobile wallets to New Zealanders. Card-less cash technology such as mobile wallets will reduce the number
of cards currently required to be carried around in a physical wallet with the
tie in of loyalty programs such as FlyBuys and those offered by major airlines
with mobile wallets. Visa payWave’s contactless paymenttechnology
may have paved the way for more things than just contactless payment in
2016, as 2016 maybe the year card-less cash and loyalty programs.